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How a Dollar From Texas Auto Insurance Paid for Thousands of Flock Surveillance Cameras
In 2023, Texas lawmakers unanimously raised the cost of auto insurance by a dollar — to fight catalytic converter theft. Three years later, it turned out the money went to expanding a network of license-plate recognition cameras.
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H-1B Fee Skyrockets to $103,000: Trump Strikes at Big Tech's Favorite Visa
In the span of a few hours on Monday, the Trump administration announced a fee of more than $103,000 for the H-1B visa and plans to revoke the visas of 200,000 asylum seekers — the largest mass visa cancellation in U.S. history.
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US Senator Calls for a Review of How Intelligence Agencies Use Hacking Tools
Ron Wyden has urged the US Government Accountability Office to examine how the FBI, DEA, ICE and the Secret Service use spyware against Americans — citing an almost total lack of reporting.
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Distributor of China's Unitree robots to start building its own machines in the US after FCC ban
RoboStore, North America's largest supplier of Unitree's humanoid robots and robot dogs, has wound down its distribution business and pivoted to in-house manufacturing on Long Island after Washington tightened its stance on foreign robotics.
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Surveillance in U.S. National Parks: NPS Installs Flock Cameras, Rangers Outraged
The U.S. National Park Service has installed automatic Flock license plate readers in Yosemite and other parks. Current and former rangers are calling it an invasion of visitors' privacy.
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Iran Under Suspicion: A Wave of Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Utilities
Since late July, hackers have targeted water treatment systems in a dozen U.S. states. Intelligence leans toward an Iranian trail, but there is no official accusation yet.
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Trump Slaps 100% Tariffs on Drones and Aircraft Parts
After banning new foreign drones, the US administration is going after aircraft and parts already imported — and their prices are set to spike.
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For the First Time, the US Will Allow Private Companies to Conduct Cyberattacks
A presidential memorandum authorizes select private firms to run offensive cyber operations against criminal groups — a first in US history.
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Illinois Now Requires Operating Systems to Report Children's Ages — No Break for Open Source
The state governor has signed a law requiring device makers, OSes and app stores to build in age verification. Unlike Colorado and California, the text carves out no exception for free software.
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U.S. Department of Energy Launches Genesis Open Models Initiative
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the launch of the Genesis Open Models Initiative, a program dedicated to open artificial intelligence models.
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Why a Flock Employee Quit: “They Lied”
Jonathan Paz urged American cities to buy Flock surveillance cameras, but grew disillusioned with the company — after it emerged that federal immigration agencies had gained access to its system.
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The Largest US Power Grid Will Be Saved from Blackouts by Switching Off Data Centers
Grid operator PJM Interconnection has said that when capacity runs short it will begin temporarily cutting power to large data centers. The reason is the avalanche of new construction, which generation cannot keep pace with.
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US Charges a Citizen Over a Password That Wiped His Phone at the Border
Sam Tewnick gave agents a “duress password” that erased his GrapheneOS smartphone. Now he faces charges under a rarely used law on destroying evidence.
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US Lawmakers Draft an AI “Kill Switch” Bill
Congressmen Ted Lieu and Nathaniel Moran are introducing a bill that would let the Department of Homeland Security order companies to shut down or slow powerful AI systems.
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ACLU: Camera maker Flock systematically lies to governments and police
Civil-rights advocates at the ACLU have accused Flock Safety, a supplier of automated license-plate recognition systems, of a string of knowingly false statements to city councils, police, and the public.
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The EU Is Ready to Open Its Biometric Databases to the US for Visa-Free Travel
The European Commission is wrapping up negotiations with the Trump administration on an “enhanced border security partnership.” According to EDRi, the draft agreement mirrors US demands almost entirely and puts Europeans' fundamental rights at risk.
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Land for U.S. Data Centers Is Now Being Seized Through Eminent Domain
America's AI-infrastructure boom has run into resident pushback: utilities are turning to eminent domain to run power lines across private property. 70% of Americans oppose having data centers as neighbors.
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US Government Employees Are Once Again Allowed to Install TikTok on Their Work Phones
The US Department of Justice has stated that federal employees can now download TikTok onto government devices. The app had previously been banned on officials' work phones.
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Texas Wins Court Order to Block Porn Site's Domain for Violating Age-Verification Law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a court ruling to suspend the domain name of a pornographic website that failed to comply with the state's user age-verification requirements.
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23andMe to Pay $18 Million Over Leak of Customers' Genetic Data
23andMe has agreed to pay $18 million, settling claims brought by a coalition of 43 U.S. state attorneys general over the protection of customers' genetic data.
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